> Kal Lin
>
> Are you suggesting I can use the terms on the restricted list
> where ever I please if I am not interested in the D20STL?
Yes.
> Then why is the restricted list part of the OGL'd document?
Because those terms relate to the document and do not really belong in the
D20 STL. Keeping them out of the D20 STL gives more flexibility to the
license.
> Even though the OGL says nothing about the restricted list,
> will I face the wrath of Hasbro trademark lawyers If I do
> use the restricted terms?
No. Ryan just reiterated that today by saying:
"The D20 System Reference document will be released using the Open Gaming
License >only<. There are no trademarks in the D20SRD. Anyone could
publish anything they wanted based on that document; including a
complete-in-one-book RPG."
> Or are you saying I won't need to use any terms on the
> restricted list to create a complete RPG?
The restricted list only applies to documents bearing the D20 logo. If you
don't do that, then you can safely ignore the restricted list.
> If the D20SRD uses these restricted terms throughout the
> document then how can I freely reuse the D20SRD when these
> restricted terms are by definition somehow restricted?
Their definitions are restricted, not their use. If you use them, you must
use them the same way as they are defined in the D20SRD.
> Can we get an example of a restricted term and how the
> restrictions would apply?
I'm going out on a limb here, but I think that "Feat" would be a restricted
term, defined to mean "a character ability which modifies, enhances, or
grants the existing skills and abilities of a character". The definition
would undoubtedly be better than mine, but so long as you used the word
"Feat" in this way, you'd be fine under D20. You could redefine it for an
OGL-only work.
-Brad
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